Sidney Moon

Professor
Director, Gifted, Creative , and Talented Studies
Associate Dean, College of Education

Research

Dr. Moon's research interests include personal talent, social and emotional development of gifted students, and talent development in the STEM discliplines.

Education

Ph.D.	Purdue University, 1991, Educational Psychology and Research
M.S.	Purdue University, 1985, Educational Psychology and Gifted Education
B.A.	Middlebury College, 1971, Fine Arts and Elementary Education

Selected Publications

1. Moon, S.M. (2008).  Personal talent.  In J.A. Plucker & C.M. Callahan (Eds.), Critical issues and practices in gifted education:  What the research says (pp. 493-511).  Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.
   
   
2. Moon, S. M. (2008).  Personal and social development.  In K.A. Karnes & K.R. Stephens (Eds.).  Achieving excellence: Educating the gifted and talented (pp. 82-98).  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Merrill Printice Hall.
   
   
3. Moon, S.M. (2007). Counseling issues and research. In S. Mendaglio & J. Peterson (Eds.). Counseling the gifted (pp. 7-32). Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.
   
   
4. Bangel, N.J., Enersen, D., Capobianco, B., & Moon, S.M. (2006). Professional development of preservice teachers:  Teaching in the Super Saturday program. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 29(3), 339-361.
   
   
5. Dixon, F.A. & Moon, S.M. (Eds.) (2006). The handbook of secondary gifted education. Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.
   
   
6. Jin, S., & Moon, S.M. (2006). A study of well-being and school satisfaction among academically talented students attending a science high school in Korea. Gifted Child Quarterly, 50, 169-184.
   
   
7. Yoo, J.E., & Moon, S.M. (2006). Counseling needs of gifted students: An analysis of intake forms at a university-based counseling center. Gifted Child Quarterly, 50, 52-61.
   
   
8. Chamberlin, S. & Moon, S.M. (2005). Model eliciting activities as a tool to develop and identify creatively gifted mathematicians. Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 17, (37-47).
   
    
9. Adams-Byers, J., Squiller, S., & Moon, S.M. (2004). Gifted students' perceptions of academic and social/emotional effects of homogeneous and heterogeneous grouping. Gifted Child Quarterly, 48 (1), 7-20.
   
   
10. Moon, S.M. (2004) (Ed.). Social/emotional issues, underachievement, and counseling of gifted and talented students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
    
    
11. Moon, S.M., & Reise, S. (2004). Acceleration and twice exceptional students. In N. Colangelo, S. Assouline, and M. Gross (Eds.), A nation deceived: How schools hold back America's brightest students, Vol 2 (The Templeton National Report on Acceleration, pp. 109-119). University of Iowa: The Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development.
    
    
12. Moon, S.M. (2003). Personal talent. High Ability Studies, 14 (1), 5-21.
    
    
    

 

Courses Taught

EDPS 430	Creating and Managing Learning Environments
EDPS 533	Introduction to Educational Research
EDPS 540	Gifted, Creative, and Talented Children
EDPS 541	Identification and Evaluation in Gifted Education
EDPS 545	Social and Affective Development of Gifted Children
EDPS 630	Research Procedures in Education
EDPS 631	Seminar on Giftedness and Talent
EDPS 695G	Practicum in Gifted Education

Professional Experience

2004-present	Associate Dean for Learning and Engagement, College of Education, Purdue University
2000-present	Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University
1997-2007	Director, Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI), College of Education, Purdue University
1996-2000	Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University
1994-present	Courtesy Appointment, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University
1992-1996	Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University
1991-1992	Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University
1990-1991	Research Associate, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University
1985-1989	Coordinator of Gifted Education, Tippecanoe Schools, Lafayette, IN
1982-1985	Resource Teacher, Tippecanoe Schools, Lafayette, IN